Following years of controversy and various allegations, Johnny Depp has returned to the spotlight in his upcoming film Ebenezer. Directed by Ti West (best known for his X trilogy at A24) and written by Nathaniel Halpern (Legion, Tales from the Loop), the film is a dark re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol. High-profile legal battles and controversies surrounding Johnny Depp caused something of a hiatus for the actor, who hasn’t had a true leading role in a big Hollywood production since 2018, when he portrayed Gellert Grindelwald in the 2018 film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

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